#aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#cha  ,,an ,,act  ,to award a           
,congressional ,gold ,medal to the      
,world ,war ,,ii members of the         
,doolittle ,tokyo ,raiders1 for         
outstanding heroism1 valor1 skill1 and  
service to the ,united ,states in       
conducting the bombings of ,tokyo4  #a4 
,findings ,congress finds that-- 7#a7 on
 ,april #ah1 #aidb1 the brave men of the
 #agth ,bombardment ,group 7,medium7    
became known as the ,doolittle ,tokyo   
,raiders for outstanding heroism1 valor1
 skill1 and service to the ,united      
,states in conducting the bombings of   
,tokyo2  7#b7 #hj brave ,american       
aircraft crewmen1 led by ,lieutenant    
,colonel ,james ,doolittle1 volunteered 
for an extremely hazardous mission1     
without knowing the target1 location1 or
 assignment1 and willingly put their    
lives in harm's way1 risking death1     
capture1 and torture2  7#c7 the conduct 
of medium bomber operations from a ,navy
 aircraft carrier under combat          

conditions had never before been        
attempted2  7#d7 after the discovery of 
the ,,uss ,hornet by ,japanese picket   
ships #agj miles further away from the  
prearranged launch point1 the ,doolittle
 ,tokyo ,raiders proceeded to take off  
#fgj miles from the coast of ,japan2    
7#e7 by launching more than #ajj miles  
beyond the distance considered to be    
minimally safe for the mission1 the     
,doolittle ,tokyo ,raiders deliberately 
accepted the risk that the ,b-#bes might
 not have enough fuel to reach the      
designated air-fields in ,china on      
return2  7#f7 the additional launch     
distance greatly increased the risk of  
crash landing in ,japanese occupied     
,china1 exposing the crews to higher    
probability of death1 injury1 or        
capture2  7#g7 because of that          
deliberate choice1 after bombing their  
targets in ,japan1 low on fuel and in   
setting night and deteriorating weather1
 none of the #af airplanes reached the  
prearranged ,chinese airfields2  7#h7 of

 the #hj ,doolittle ,tokyo ,raiders who 
launched on the raid1 #h were captured1 
#b died in the crash1 and #gj returned  
to the ,united ,states2  7#i7 of the #h 
captured ,doolittle ,tokyo ,raiders1 #c 
were executed and #a died of disease2   
and  7#aj7 there were only #e surviving 
members of the ,doolittle ,tokyo        
,raiders as of ,february #bjac4  #b4    
,congressional gold medal  7a7          
,presentation ,authorized ,the          
,president pro tempore of the ,senate   
and the ,speaker of the ,house of       
,representatives shall make appropriate 
arrangements for the award1 on behalf of
 ,congress1 of #f gold medals of        
appropriate design in honor of the      
,world ,war ,,ii members of the #agth   
,bombardment ,group 7,medium7 who became
 known as the ,doolittle ,tokyo         
,raiders1 in recognition of their       
military service during ,world ,war     
,,ii4  7b7 ,design and striking ,for the
 purposes of the award referred to in   
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   

,treasury shall strike the gold medals  
with suitable emblems1 devices1 and     
inscriptions1 to be determined by the   
,secretary4  7c7 ,following ,award of   
,medals  7#a7 ,in general ,following the
 award of the gold medals referred to in
 subsection 7a71 #e of the gold medals  
shall be given to the #e surviving      
members of the mission as of ,february  
#bjac or their next of kin1 with a sixth
 medal to be given to the ,national     
,museum of the ,united ,states ,air     
,force1 where it shall be displayed with
 the ,doolittle ,tokyo ,raiders         
,goblets1 as appropriate1 and made      
available for research4  7#b7 ,sense of 
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,national ,museum of the       
,united ,states ,air ,force should make 
the gold medal received under paragraph 
7#a7 available for display elsewhere1   
particularly at other locations and     
events associated with the ,doolittle   
,tokyo ,raiders4  #c4 ,duplicative      
,medals  ,under such regulations as the 

,secretary may prescribe1 the ,secretary
 may strike and sell duplicates in      
bronze of the gold medal struck under   
this ,act1 at a price sufficient to     
cover the costs of the medals1 including
 labor1 materials1 dyes1 use of         
machinery1 and overhead expenses4  #d4  
,status of ,medals  7a7 ,national medals
 ,medals struck pursuant to this ,act   
are national medals for purposes of     
chapter #ea of title #ca1 ,united       
,states ,code4  7b7 ,numismatic medals  
,for purposes of sections #eacd and     
#eacf of title #ca1 ,united ,states     
,code1 all medals struck under this ,act
 are numismatic items4  ,passed the     
,senate ,november #ai1 #bjac4,secretary